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The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) is recognizing 20 Pennsylvania hospitals for their exemplary results delivering safe patient care.

Now in its eighth year, HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program honors the commonwealth’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of healthcare-associated infections. The 2026 honorees were selected based on their performance during 2025.

Day 1 of HAP's Patient Safety, Quality, and Equity Sympsium featured panels discussions and speakers on building a cycle of safety, accreditation, elevating the patient voice, and changes coming next year to hospital reporting to the Patient Safety Authority.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital received the In Safe Hands Award for leading a multidisciplinary response to reduce nosocomial Candida auris infections in high-risk patients through advanced screening and infection prevention.

Two people have died in Pennsylvania due to the measles, state officials announced today.

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) announced today the health care teams being honored this year for championing organ, eye, and tissue donation within their hospitals and communities.

HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced two separate measles cases in Lancaster County that may have exposed others in the area.

Insurers offering Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed must now provide data about prior authorization, denials, and response times.

Federal health agency leaders this month provided an update on a new voluntary initiative to support healthy food options in U.S. hospitals.

HAP's annual Achievement Awards honor hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care. The Achievement Awards showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ successful programs and best practices.